A SPEECH PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, CHIEF T. A. ORJI (OCHENDO), GOVERNOR ABIA STATE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2014 ABIA STATE EASTER CARNIVAL/CANTATA LOGO, HOLDING AT THE ULTRA MORDERN SKILLS ACQUISITION CENTRE, UMUAHIA, ON THE 21ST DAY OF MARCH, 2014
DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
It is my pleasure to be here today to witness the unfolding of a unique event in Abia State, which is the unveiling of the 2014 Abia State Easter Carnival/Cantata Logo. It is never easy to conceive a monumental idea such as this - that will stand the test of time, and to quickly and boldly begin the process of putting it into practice with an enduring stamp and logo to announce the arrival.
Each time I think of the Easter Carnival/Cantata event that we are now venturing into, as signified by the unveiling of this logo, - two other significant events easily come to my mind, making me proud that we have pursued the right course and that history will certainly vindicate our services as Governor of Abia State.
When we came to the governance of this State, we said that we will change the new face of Abia and build a sustainable foundation for the socio-economic and political foundation of our State. We indeed meant every word of that promise, and that is why we quickly focused on the two pillars of restoring the security of lives and property of citizens, especially against kidnapping. We equally focused on rescuing our State from the embrace of idol worshipping and vile oaths as a base for political office seeking and advancement in governance.
With these two pillars firmly in place, our Government has opened the doors of new opportunities and a wonderful new era for the voices of our people to be heard; for chances to pursue new prosperity, and the restoration of Abia State as truly God’s Own State.
Abians now have reasons to dream new dreams and accomplish them in peace and security and without governance impunity. And that is why we can now join the wonderful victory chorus of redemption and atonement of Easter Carnival/Cantata today. The new face of Abia is certainly with us!
As we unveil the 2014 Abia State Easter Carnival/Cantata Logo, we are beginning the institutionalization of a new culture of victory and happiness that will endure. This heralds a new dimension in the culture of Carnivals as we know it in the Nation.
Our Carnival/Cantata celebration will be more than brightly costumed people dancing in the streets; having merriment in a street party, and a drama-in-motion – which is the images we easily have of all other carnivals. Beyond all these, our Carnival/Cantata is going to be our new bedrock for expressing our culture and our re-discovered spirituality as a people under God’s Own State, Abia.
Our new approach will adopt and integrate the tradition of Cantata singers to premier choral music, choristers and church orchestras – old and new – that reflect our history as Abians. These would offer wonderful and rare opportunities to hear the musical talents of Abians in both Christian gospels and traditional music that delight everyone, young and old, local and foreign.
This special blend of traditional carnival and Cantata culture will serve as our added tonic to drive our expanding tourist economy and investment opportunities in Abia State, under our secured and peaceful environment.
I have equally been assured that beginning from the 2014 Easter Season, a consistent Abia State Easter Carnival/Cantata platform will be on the ground to provide a quality version of entertainment, education and promotion of the historical culture and creativity of our people. We expect to become the interests of both local and foreign tourists and investors, as we project our State as a peaceful and secured environment.
As an annual event, this project will not fail to deliver on its broad agenda, especially on the expansion of the benefits accruing from tourism and investments and the revenue that would be added to our IGR to reduce dependence on monthly Federal Accounts Allocation.
I take this opportunity to thank Her Excellency, my dear wife for pioneering this wonderful initiative, and especially the passion she and her team have devoted to the realization of this project. I equally thank many of our citizens and organizations, who did not only share in the initiative, but have committed resources, -money, energy and other supports to ensure the take-off and realization of the project.
With the unveiling of the 2014 Abia State Easter Carnival/Cantata Logo today, I am very excited about our new idea, - and just like many Abians and the wider audience out there, we cannot wait for the event to commence!
Thank you for listening and God bless everyone!
BLOG ANALYSER:isn't this a waste of resources?can this carnival change the bad roads and lack of eclectricity in Aba and other cities of the state. We are watching!!
ReplyDeleteSDK,absolute Rubbish. Orji is d worst Gov in Nigeria. Aba is a failed town. Extremely dirty. This is a town that generates billions for the govt of the day n it has zero road network. Let him be imitating Calabar n PH,let him not imitate +ve trends of Imoke,Akpabio n Amaechi'S radical n positive change in the education secor in Rivers State.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of Sanitation;he has A1..the workers he employed do it like there is no other job which involves fun and happiness(if u see the way them dey do the sanitation eeehh;u will be forced to tell them well done)..in terms of road;he tried cos at least the road from umuahia tower to tonimas is good(its been very bad for as long as I can remember..but what I don't like is the demolition of people's shop at tonimas,umule,st michaels road,kent and other places I can't remember(I don't know if the order came from T.A orji or not)..the army people who were locking the stores will just beat the living daylight out of you and lastly use keys to lock ur store(they say cos its a batcher store,the one normally built with zinc or wood)..then lastly this police men will now come with bulldozer or anything at all and destroy everything in it..both ur goods etc..the worst is they won't even allow u take anything from the store.and the poor people managing their lives from these will be left with tears and curses for the governor(that's y I pity the governor cos I know he is trying but if he gave out these order to destroy people's means of getting a living,its soo unfair..the recent one that happened was at a market at world bank housing estate(tonimas)..its soo full of old women..just one early morning like that when I was rushing to get some stuff at the town,what I saw for myself was bulldozers everywhere,destroying their stores(some zinc,while some were built by a welder)..God!! It was the first time I cried in the last 9 years..the owners of the stores now got information of what was happening and rushed to the scene.some fainted on reaching,some were about to even run mad cos it was their only means of survival..others were just crying throughout the whole day..the army there did same thing..(If u dare to think of entering ur store to save ur goods,na flogging of life irrespective of ur age..some will even point their gun at you and u would be scared..I just don't like remembering this incident but I just had to type all this here soo people will know what's happening..I just hope all these order didn't come from the governor and if trully it did;I leave the rest to God!
ReplyDeleteShorrop ur mouth. Do u even know anything about the town? It's turned to a dead zone thanks to the stupid ugly frog of a governor! The only thing moving in the positive is the tax collection in the state for almost everything u do!
DeleteLeave him to be talking trash. Someone fixes one road when there are so many bad ones then he's working? Most annoying governor, ugly bush man. Hope we get lucky in 2015
DeleteLol. Take it easy on d shutup @anon 8:31. Buh i was abt asking him if Aba-UH road is his definition of good road. Or if d fact da dey clean d gutters den heap it on d road, gradually rain wud sweep it baq into d gutters is his idea of good sanitation. Bc he keeps usin cement nd stone to fill d roads u say he try ba @Martins?
Deletethe 2014 Abia State Easter Carnival/Cantata, will help to promote the state economic nd tourism sector, because governor t a orji as don well in the state,no governor has ever done so in Abia state
ReplyDeleteugochukwu ezenwa pls r u ok in ur head..? pls see a doctor asap. which abia state r u talking about. hmm odikwa egwu.
DeleteSo all these his psychophants don reach here too.. he needs to see a psychiatrist. Ahu adigh ya
DeleteAbians now have reasons to dream new dreams and accomplish them in peace and security and without governance impunity. And that is why Abians can now join the wonderful victory chorus of redemption and atonement of Easter Carnival/Cantata. The new face of Abia is certainly with us!
ReplyDeleteUtu Utu Oma umu Nne na umu Nna na Sdk;Unu ra kwa ura ufuma?Elekere Abia ga to uto,gi si ike umu ndi Abia,ga kwa uka ta oh!
ReplyDeleteI am guessing dis is goin 2 b Gov Orji's 3rd 2 last major embezzlement considering d fact there is goin 2 b 1 more xmas n easter b4 his term expires.
ReplyDeleteAll dis states organising carnivals n what not don't knw d half of it. All dis greedy politicians see/hear is d money being realised from d calabar carnival. What they don't knw is that b4 it got 2 dis level, it took d people of cross river n Donald Duke a lot of sacrifice 2 make it happen. So my dear Orji, ur people need 2 b behind u b4 u can achieve success... Its neva bn bn about aw much was spent. Ask Rivers state.
when ever i see theodore on the screen i feel like breaking that screen. I grew up in Aba and the last time time i visited there i was disapointed on the nonesense governor. The most annoying part is that he's aspiring to be a senator. What does he even know about senate?
ReplyDeletePoliticians are really liquidating our treasury, i suggest that the constitution should be critically ammended so that governors and other political leaders should be placed on monthly salary alone which should not be more than 500k, i think by so doing corruption wld be less.
when ever i see theodore on the screen i feel like breaking that screen. I grew up in Aba and the last time time i visited there i was disapointed on the nonesense governor. The most annoying part is that he's aspiring to be a senator. What does he even know about senate?
ReplyDeletePoliticians are really liquidating our treasury, i suggest that the constitution should be critically ammended so that governors and other political leaders should be placed on monthly salary alone which should not be more than 500k, i think by so doing corruption wld be less.
when ever i see theodore on the screen i feel like breaking that screen. I grew up in Aba and the last time time i visited there i was disapointed on the nonesense governor. The most annoying part is that he's aspiring to be a senator. What does he even know about senate?
ReplyDeletePoliticians are really liquidating our treasury, i suggest that the constitution should be critically ammended so that governors and other political leaders should be placed on monthly salary alone which should not be more than 500k, i think by so doing corruption wld be less.
when ever i see theodore on the screen i feel like breaking that screen. I grew up in Aba and the last time time i visited there i was disapointed on the nonesense governor. The most annoying part is that he's aspiring to be a senator. What does he even know about senate?
ReplyDeletePoliticians are really liquidating our treasury, i suggest that the constitution should be critically ammended so that governors and other political leaders should be placed on monthly salary alone which should not be more than 500k, i think by so doing corruption wld be less.